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Guido Fawkes30 Jul 2026

Khan Hires ‘Diverse Individuals’ to Instruct Met on ‘Equity’ While Police Numbers Are Cut

Sadiq – sorry, Lord Khan is spending tens of thousands in taxpayer cash to hire “experienced and diverse individuals” to instruct the Met on EDI reforms while police officer numbers are falling due to cuts. All in a day’s work for the mayor… Khan is seeking three new members of the London Policing Board to “help…

EconomyCrime
Guido Fawkes30 Jul 2026

Burnham’s ‘Right-Hand’ Cabinet Minister in Charge of National Security Repeatedly Backed Total UK Nuclear Disarmament

Burnham’s right-hand woman and the Cabinet minister in with responsibility for national security has repeatedly opposed Trident and backed full unilateral nuclear disarmament. While Burnham re-announces a £8.4 billion investment in the UK’s nuclear deterrent… Oversight of national security policy coordination belongs to Louise Haigh, who will be running the new Office for the Prime…

PoliticsHousing
Guido Fawkes30 Jul 2026

Bank of England Holds Interest Rates at 3.75%

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England has voted to hold interest rates at 3.75% for the fifth time. It voted by a majority of 6–3 (hawkish) to maintain the rate against a hike. Inflation fell by more than expected. Read the full remarks here…

Economy
Guido Fawkes30 Jul 2026

Owen Jones Declares Farage Will Win Decisively in Clacton

Owen Jones has declared that Nigel Farage is certain to win in Clacton. But can Count Binface’s appearance on The Rest Is Politics turn his fortunes around? Jones went to Clacton and reports that the Reform leader has huge support, which he attempts to unpack in his Guardian column. He says “pessimism and exhaustion” are…

PoliticsReform
Guido Fawkes30 Jul 2026

Telegraph’s Allison Pearson Wins Defamation Payout From Essex Policing Chief

Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson has won a handsome five-figure payout and an apology from Essex’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Roger Hirst, after suing him for defamation over allegations she had incited racial hatred. Finally… Two police offers turned up at Pearson’s door in November 2024 over an ancient tweet that they claimed could amount…

Crime
Guido Fawkes30 Jul 2026

LIVE: Jenrick Responds to Burnham’s Social Care Announcement

Guido Fawkes30 Jul 2026

Streeting Says Borrowing Costs Would Rise If He Backed 3% Defence Spending

Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has worked out his excuse for refusing to say the UK will meet its target of 3% defence spending by 2030, which Healey resigned over. He told Sky News: “Let’s say for argument’s sake, I just said yes, we will by 2030 meet 3%. The inevitable next question is: how will…

Defence
Guido Fawkes30 Jul 2026

Defence Committee Finds £850 Million Secret Afghan Resettlement Failure Was Preventable

The Commons’ Defence Select Committee has published its findings into the Afghan resettlement and data breach which led to the secret resettlement of 7,355 people in the UK. The total cost for that: £850 million… The committee found: The MoD has refused to verify that £850 million figure, and journalists who saw the closed court…

PoliticsDefenceCrime
Guido Fawkes30 Jul 2026

Hackney Greens Apologise After Setting October 7th Deadline for Israeli City Split

Hackney’s Green-run council has ‘apologised’ after the mayor Zoë Garbett set an October 7th deadline to end the borough’s twinning arrangement with the Israeli city of Haifa. She claimed the council voted to end the twinning arrangement on Tuesday, but that legal advice would stretch the pointless divorce “over the next few months”. She expected…

Environment
Guido Fawkes29 Jul 2026

ONS Spends £400,000 on Branded Notepads

Britain’s embattled statistics authority spent £400,000 in taxpayer cash on branded notepads. It’s the hottest merch in town… Shadow Chancellor for the Duchy of Lancaster Alex Burghart asked what branded items the ONS had spent money on, chief executive Darren Tierney responded: “In line with the guidance permitting merchandise for essential government delivery, the ONS…

Economy
Guido Fawkes29 Jul 2026

‘Hurt’ Phillipson Sympathises With Sacked Starmerites After Demotion

Bridget Phillipson has told the Guardian: “Being education secretary was amazing … and I’m really proud of what we achieved in that time.” She said she resonated with Starmerites: “I know how people will feel, those who’ve lost out – I know it hurts. It hurts to lose a job that you have loved and…

Education
Guido Fawkes29 Jul 2026

Only a Third of Brits Think the BBC Is Impartial

Only 33% of adults questioned by Ofcom described the BBC as impartial. They’re catching up… Ofcom released its Media Nations report overnight which showed continued dominance of Netflix on TV screens. It also released results from the regulator’s Public Service Media tracker, which asked British adults to pick the media brands which corresponded to certain…